How Do I Register My Book With The Library Of Congress

The wise author applies for the LCCN before the book is printed.

(Library of Congress Itemize Control Number)

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I question that most authors don't know to inquire is, "How do I get the LCCN?" What's a LCCN? Good question—it'due south the Library of Congress number that shows that you exist, and the one that any library that you are pitching your volume to wants to know you accept.

The good news is that these are free (although going through the ii steps to go them tin can sometimes be a pain in the tush.

Here are your steps:

The LCCN : The Library of Congress Command Number. It is gratuitous and can exist obtained fairly quickly―commonly within a solar day or two via email back to you. You must take your ISBN to get it. Once you have the LCCN, information technology will embrace case jump (difficult, paper, eBook), yous don't need another for your title.

Beware : The websites are occasionally updated—changed—so these instructions may also require a little tweaking.

It is a two-step process:

Go to Google or directly to the LCCN website.
Enter: "Library of Congress book number" and click on "Search."
"Preassigned Control Number Program" will appear.
Or go to www.LOC.gov.
Click on "Open up an Account" if appropriate. Otherwise click on "EPCN Login," for an existing account if you take other titles already registered.
If "New Account," read instructions, and then click on "Application to Participate."
There is a note at the top, "Click hither for Instructions," for assistance.
Fill out and click on "Submit." Within a few days, no more a week, y'all will exist e-mailed an business relationship number and a password providing you access to the appropriate application class.
WATCH FOR THIS e-mail–you lot tin't complete the procedure until you respond to it. This is Step 2.

If you have an account already, the "EPCN Login" button brings you lot to the form requiring your Account ID and Password. Fill out and click on the "Sign On" button and fill out grade. A concluding annotation to those with accounts already: The password expires afterward threescore days. A new one tin can be created using the following instructions. It must:

Exist at to the lowest degree viii characters in length;
Contain at least one uppercase letter, ane lowercase alphabetic character, and one number;
Not contain consecutive repeated characters;
Be recreated following these steps if y'all expect to utilise information technology over 60 days;
Non be inverse more than once per day;
Not be changed to any of the xi about recently used passwords.

If the countersign has expired, just write the onetime one out and write the new one nether it, changing but 1 of the numbers or messages. Go along a record so that you lot know what has been inverse, thus avoiding repeating the onetime number by risk.

Your LCCN will come to you via email. Print information technology out. Put in it a Binder for all your Publisher Info. Create a Binder on your computer—put it in that location likewise.

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